Early in March, a group of Facebook users received a mysterious, spam-like email titled “Your account requires advanced security from Facebook Protect” and informing them that they needed to activate the Facebook Protect feature (which they could do by clicking a link in the email) by a certain date or risk being locked out.
According to Facebook, the initiative is a “security program for individuals who are more susceptible to being targeted by malevolent hackers, such as human rights campaigners, journalists, and government officials.” It’s intended to perform things like monitor those accounts for hacking threats and protect them with two-factor authentication (2FA).
